Chapter 9

 Sound- sound was added in 1927, music is used to create mood  Camera-point of view, camera angles add to experience  Color-1936 technicolor, black and white are often enhanced by the play of light and dark  Time-flexible, use of close ups, dissolves and freeze-frames/speed ups enhance understanding

 Use of special effects  Audience doesn’t mind if it is unreal  CGI, 3D, all part of the experience

SLAPSTICK  Rapid and violent farce where there is a lot of violence, dehumanized  Charlie Chaplin FARCE  Marx Brothers  On the wrong side of rules or regulations, manage to never be caught  Rules they break are unfair, or only aristocrats care about

FILM NOIR  Gangsters, private detectives, gritty underworld, play by own rules  Dark, somber tone ROMANTIC COMEDY  Attractive couples, circumstances beyond their control pull them apart.  Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back

CLASSIC ROMANTIC COMEDY  It Happened One Night  Roman Holiday  Love is greater than money  Depression-Era escapism MODERN ROMANTIC COMEDY  Annie Hall  When Harry Met Sally  The American President  As Good As It Gets  Up In the Air

SCREEN MUSICAL  Couple were kept apart until the final embrace  Dancing at any moment (illogical)  Singing In the Rain  Dirty Dancing  Chicago THE WESTERN  Uniquely American  Good vs. Evil  When a hero is needed, a hero will be there

 Film is a powerful social criticism  Mr. Deeds goes to town-hero distributes $20 million inheritance and must defend his sanity because of it  It’s a Wonderful Life-people’s worth is measured by the amount of good they do  Grapes of Wrath-struggle for justice must transcend his own family and self-interest

 Nonfiction, factual films  Some have been criticized for possibly doctoring the truth to further their agenda  Frederick Wiseman-Welfare, Racetrack, The Store  Michael Moore-Bowling for Columbine, Waiting for Superman, Fahrenheit 9/11

The Suffering Artist Films depict the lives of geniuses, leave the audience with memories of the art as well as temper tantrums and mental illnesses. The Agony and the Ecstasy Amadeus Lust for Life La Vie en Rose

Citizen Kane Classic, theme- can money buy happiness? Traces the life of a rags to riches millionaire, reporter tries to solve the mystery of his last word, “Rosebud”. It was his childhood sled.

Casablanca Classic, story of one man’s moral dilemma and conflicting moral values. Film noir hero, conceals his broken heart under a tough exterior. Lost love and her husband walk into his bar. He helps them escape Nazis even though she would be willing to stay with him instead.

 Applied to the most significant directors  Special style and themes so evident their work is instantly recognizable  Ingmar Bergman-The Seventh Seal  Federico Fellini-La Strada, 8 ½  Alfred Hitchcock-The Birds, Psycho  Akira Kurosawa-Rashomon, The Seventh Samurai  Stanley Kubrick-Dr. Strangelove  Francis Ford Coppola- Godfather

 Use of a unique style to Cinema  Characters with complex inner lives  Relevance to the times  Integrity  Gravity of Theme  No violations of probability  Realistic depiction of gender